Laundry apparatus.



No. 727,078. PATENTED MAY 5, 1903'.

LAUNDRY APPARATUS- AIfPLIUA'IION nun JULY 8, 1902. no MODEL. z sums-sum 1.

accordance with this invention.

Patented May 5, 1903.

PAT T QFFICE.

HARRY BUDD, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

LAUNDRY APPARATUS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,078, dated May 5, 1903.

' Application filed July 8, 1902. $erial No. 114,793- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- I 7 Be it known that I, HARRY B'UDD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State"- of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Laundry Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in laundry apparatus.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of laundry appara tus and to increase-the durability and efficiency of the washing mechanism and to enable the apparatus to be operated at the eX- penditure of a minimum amount of labor.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a laundry apparatus constructed in Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the washing-mechanism. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detailview-of the bearing-frame of the washing mechanism. Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating the manner of mounting the lower rolls.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1designatesasupporting-frame comprising a main section 2 and a sliding section 3.

ards 4, a pair of legs 5, and upper and lower horizontal side bars 6 and 7, connecting the legs and the standards and secured to them by transverse rungs 8, and the latter have reduced terminals passing through perforations of the side bars and the legs or standards. The main section of the frame is supported by inclined braces 10, secured to the upper side bars and to the legs and standards, and the said main section forms a rigid support for a tub or other receptacle employed in washing. p

The slidingsection of the supporting-frame is composed of side bars 11, a pair of legs 12, secured to the outer ends of the side bars, and transverse rungs or bars 13, connecting the side bars and the legs and constructed The main section is composed of a pair of standsimilar to those of the main section. The side bars 11 of the sliding section are arranged directly beneath the upper side bars of the main section. The sliding section is adapted to be folded or arranged withinthe main section, as shown in Fig.1 of the drawings, and it is also adapted to be drawn outward to enable the frame to receive a pair of tubs or receptacles.

Arectangular lever-frame 16, composed of side bars and a transverse handle-bar 17, is pivoted to the upper ends of the standardsat by atransverse wringer-shaft 18. Theside bars of the lever-frame are pivoted at a point between their ends and secured to the washing mechanism. The washing mechanism comprises a bearing-frame 20, a yieldingly-mounted corrugated roll 21, and a curved bed arranged beneath the corrugated roll and composed of a series of smooth rolls 22 and 23 and a verticallymovable frame 25. The bearing-frame consists of a transverse base 26 and upright ends 27, constructed of suitable metal, preferably aluminium, and provided with inwardly-extending side flanges 28, forming ways to receive the vertically-movable frame 25. The ends 27 are also provided with bottom flanges 29, which are secured to the base 26, being preferably interposed between the same and the side bars of the lever-frame 16; The lower ends of the side bars of the leverframe are tapered to present lower horizontal edges to the base of the bearing-frame 20, and theyare secured to the said base 26 and to the sides 27. The vertically-movable frame of the bed is composed of a horizontal base or connecting portion 30 and upright ends,which are arranged between the flanges 28 of the ends 27 ofthebearing-frame 20. The upright ends of the frame 25 are provided with perforations 31 for the reception of journals 32 of the rolls of the bed. The journal-s 32 consist of smooth pins having threaded inner portions, which are screwed into the wooden rolls. The smooth portions of the journals are adapted to be readilyengaged by a pipewrench or other suitable tool 'for enabling them to be screwed into the ends of the smooth rolls. The outer rolls 22 of the series are larger than the intermediate rolls 23, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the bed is supported and yieldingly held in engagement razors with the clothes by means of conical springs 33, mounted upon the base 26 of the frame 20 and having projecting upper and lower terminals 34 and 35, which are embedded in perforations or sockets of the parts 30 and 26.

The rolls may be of any desired diameter, and the journals of the corrugated roll are arranged in inclined bearing-openings 36 of stems or pieces 37, secured to the upper ends of springs 38, which are connected at their lower ends to the base of the frame 20. During the operation of washing the clothes are passed backward and forward between the corrugated roll and the smooth rolls of the bed, and they are yieldingly engaged by the same, and by this operation the dirt and stains are quickly removed from the clothes.

The journals of the upper roll 21 are arranged in slots 39 of the ends 27, and they also pass through slots 40 of the frame 25. The inclined bearing-slots 36 form hooks for engaging the journals of the upper corrugated roll 21, and one of the journals is extended and bent to form a crank -handle. The stems or pieces 37 may be readily disengaged from the journals of the upper corrugated rolls to permit the latter to he removed from the frame of the bed.

The wringer is composed of upperand lower rolls connected by gearing and held in engagement with each other by springs 42,which engage the journals of the rolls.

What I claim is In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a bearing-frame comprising a base,and metallic ends providedat their upper portions with bearing-slots and having outwardly-extending horizontal bottom flanges secured to the base, said ends being also provided with inwardly-extending upright side flanges forming Ways and depending at each side of the base and secured to the same, a bed composed of a vertically-movable frame arranged in the ways and having upright ends conforming to the configuration of the metallic ends and provided With slots, coiled springs interposed between the base and the bed, and an upper roll having journals arranged in the said slots, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY BUDD.

Witnesses:

.I. D. BUDD, E. A, JENNINGS. 

